Posts Tagged ‘Arlo Guthrie’

First, let me just say that the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock has brought what is perhaps the best ABC News story headline I have ever seen. Although wow, the article’s pretty depressing.

Anyhow, in honor of this auspicious anniversary of the biggest day in naked muddy hippie history, I’m posting Arlo Guthrie’s Woodstock performance of “Coming into Los Angeles.” In case you were not aware, this song was written in 1968 about illegal drug smuggling – SURPRISE!!!!! Yeah, that’s a shocker, I know. But I digress. In 2007 LA Times reporter Geoff Boucherasked Arlo to speak a little more in depth about the story behind the song… you can read his comments after the jump.